The additional screening measures were put in place on Sunday, which require travelers from the two countries to report their daily medical conditions by phone to government officials, according to the Rwandan embassy's website:

Visitors who have been in the United States or Spain during the last 22 days are now required to report their medical condition—regardless of whether they are experiencing symptoms of Ebola—by telephone by dialing 114 between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the duration of their visit to Rwanda (if less than 21 days), or for the first 21 days of their visit to Rwanda. Rwandan authorities continue to deny entry to visitors who traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone within the past 22 days.

The country is located nearly 3,000 miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the western African nation of Liberia, has managed to stay free of the virus — and clearly wants to keep it that way.

At least eight people have been treated for Ebola in the United States since the outbreak in west Africa began earlier this year. Over 100 people are currently being monitored or in quarantine. All of them stem from contact with the virus in Liberia or Sierra Leone, or with the index patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, who arrived in the U.S. in September. He later died.

Rwanda has denied entry to visitors who recently traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone, with its Ministry of Health, screening all visitors at land borders and at Kigali International Airport for signs of Ebola.

Visitors to the country have their temperature taken on arrival and each visitor must also complete a detailed questionnaire health and travel questionnaire. Those with a temperature above 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit, or who have traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone within the previous 22 days may be denied entry into the country.

Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda's Minister of Health, recently tweeted that the country has a facility located near the airport to treat potential cases of Ebola if an outbreak does slip through the border.

Nearly 10,000 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in seven affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, and the U.S.) through mid-October, the WHO estimates. Nearly 5,000 are believed to have died in the outbreak — though experts fear that number may be much higher.

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